Right then Ladies and Gentlemen - it's time for another #MasterofCocktails. Excited? Oh yes.

This week we're making a Chartreuse-heavy 'Bijou Cocktail' recipe, though we're making it with slightly less Green Chartreuse as to not overwhelm the drink.

'Bijou' of course, is French for 'Jewel', and the cocktail's name comes from the colours of precious jewels (emerald, diamond and ruby) being similar to the colour of the ingredients (Chartreuse, Gin and Vermouth).

Yesterday saw the winners of the 2015 World Drinks Awards announced, as well as the winners of Whisky Magazine's Icons of Whisky and World Whiskies Awards - a very busy rotation of the Earth! It was also a fantastic day for many of the brands we work with / own / represent as you'll see from the veritable cornucopia of trophies and awards below.

Drink by the Dram have also produced a selection of Winners Tasting Sets, which you can find here.

Well greetings one and all. Time for another round of #MasterofCocktails methinks. Oh yes.

This week we're making a super-delicious Japanese-y sort of tea-based gin sour sort of affair. Trust me - it's yummers. It's called The Jinger Ninja, a name which should make sense as we go through the recipe.

We're using a pretty decent grade of Matcha for this drink. That's important, as although we do want *some* bitterness, we don't want it overpowering. I prefer the sweet, grassy tones given by something like this...

Hi there folks. If you tuned into the @MasterOfMalt Twitter feed on Sunday night for another edition of #MasterofCocktails, you may have noticed it was a bit late. Sorry about that. Been doing a spot of flooring. My whole house smells like young Bourbon. I quite like it.

Right then. Onto today's cocktail. This'n's called 'Flower Arranging with Mr Gumby'. Reasons for the name will become apparent very soon.

Born in London in 1788, George Frederick Read was an illustrious merchant, believed to have brought one of the first merchant vessels through the Torres Straight (which runs between Papua New Guinea and northern Australia). During his career, he traded between India, China and Australia, though it was in the latter country in which settled, first in a town allotment in Sydney, then later, owing to asthma, in Hobart, Tasmania’s largest city.

This week we're going to be making a very Japanese-y cocktail, heavily inspired by the amazing work of Zoran Peric, a Brand Ambassador for Suntory Whiskies, whose work we've got a lot of time for here at #MasterofCocktails. We'll be making a 'If The Umeshu Fits...' recipe, a name that will make sense when you see the ingredients.

'sup cocktail fans. Ready for something a bit special for #MasterofCocktails this week? Of course you are. Just so we're clear though, we're not making a Negroni. That's even clarified in the cocktail's name - I am not a Negroni.

Well hello there cocktail fans. Hope you all had a wonderful Burns Night (apostrophe?)! In celebration, for #MasterofCocktails on Sunday we made a De La Louisiane recipe, which is a... erm... a cocktail with American Whiskey.

Should've thought that one through a bit better really, eh?

Nevertheless - this really is a good 'un. It's sort of a halfway house between a Manhattan and a Vieux Carre.

Well hello there cocktail chums. Time for a drink? If you check your watch, you'll see that it is indeed #MasterofCocktails-o'clock - what perfect timing!

This week we're making a little something I robbed from the St Germain website. It's a 'Go Lightly' recipe, and it is *delicious*. We'll of course be using St Germain's excellent elderflower liqueur, and I've also gone ahead and amended the recipe a bit to make it more of a long drink.